Congressman Ed Perlmutter support for veterans has been unwavering in his time in office. Along with those who spent time in the military, Congressman Perlmutter also stands up for those who served in other ways, as well.
Starting in the 1950s, thousands of government workers served our country through their work at the Rocky Flats plant. Today the Rocky Flats region is a 3,953-acre wildlife refuge, providing a habitat for many plant and animal species on the Front Range, yet the hardworking staff of the former Rocky Flats plant are paying an unfair price.
Rocky Flats workers suffer a much higher rate of illnesses than the average Coloradan and – until recently – thousands of Rocky Flats workers were forced to painstakingly assemble proof that their illness was caused directly from exposure to radiation from their work at the plant—a burdensome process that could take years, with no guarantee of success.
Many of these people spent their entire careers working for the government on our behalf; now it’s time for us to make sure they are taken care of.
Ed is asking his supporters to sign on to a petition thanking Rocky Flats workers for their efforts, and pledging to keep fighting for them until we make these injustices right.
Late last year, a federal advisory board approved a special process for Rocky Flats workers who worked before 1983, which breaks through some of the barriers that kept them from receiving hard-earned and life-saving health care.
Colorado Senator Mark Udall, Congressman Jared Polis, and Congressman Perlmutter have been working for more than a decade to get the federal government to recognize the hardships former Rocky Flats employees face. Finally, federal agencies are starting to pay attention and are removing roadblocks, one at a time. But they will not stop working until every Rocky Flats worker gets the health care and benefits they deserve.